There is your reality. This shows the position work should have reached by noon today. And this shows the position of actual progress.

Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa)

11 seconds sound clip from the The Bridge on the River Kwai movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:58.767 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's about Colonel Nicholson. He's been shut up in that hut...

- I could have you shot. Those prisoners who tried to escape, they were in your charge.

- I knew nothing about the escape.

- It does not matter. One must even respect those who tried.

- For a brief moment, between escape and death they were soldiers again.

- But it is insane to try and escape. Two soldiers shot, the third drowned. To what end? It was an escape from reality.

- There is your reality. This shows the position work should have reached by noon today. And this shows the position of actual progress.

- Because of your colonel's stubbornness, we are far behind schedule.

- That is not all.

- Enlisted prisoners sabotaged the work. Yes, I have seen it.

- I could have them all shot.

- Then who would build your bridge?

[...]